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Re: sound change question

From:Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 24, 2001, 18:17
On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, dirk elzinga wrote:

> The change you asked about is attested in the Southern Numic > languages. There is a curious interplay between [ts] and [tS] in > the various languages of this group; Southern Paiute and Ute > have both sounds, while Chemehuevi has only [ts]. It seems > likely that Chemehuevi represents an older stage with > subsequent palatalization of *ts in the other languages. In the
[snip] Thanks for the info. :-) Where are these languages spoken, BTW? I confess that if it's not Indo-European or Far East Asian I probably haven't heard about most languages. :-( YHL